Widely publicized as The Vitagraph Girl, silent film actress Florence Turner was one of the silver screen's first celebrities to be coined the term movie star. Born in New York City in 1885, she was pushed into the business at age 3 by an overzealous stage mother, performing on the vaudeville stage as little Eugenie Florence. Audiences took delight in her talents as an impressionist of well-known stage actresses of the time such as Marie Dressler. Florence was a full-fledged professional by ...[Read Story]